FROM DILIP MUKERJEA

"Genius is in-born, may it never be still-born."

"Oysters, irritated by grains of sand, give birth to pearls. Brains, irritated by curiosity, give birth to ideas."

"Brainpower is the bridge to the future; it is what transports you from wishful thinking to willful doing."

"Unless you keep learning & growing, the status quo has no status."

Sunday, June 14, 2009

VISUAL LEARNING: THE FUN WAY WITH THUMB CHARTS

[continue from the Last Post]

The exercise on ‘Nutrition’ could easily be expanded for you to include information and points of view on, for example:

Tap Water:

Is it safe? Can it be unsafe? Where does the water in the tap come from? Which countries have safe and /or unsafe tap water for drinking? Which countries don’t have any tap water?

Soda Pop!

Are they healthy? Do they contain harmful elements that could make you sick? Why are they so popular? Would it be possible to make soda pop without sugar so that it still tasted great? How does it compare with drinking water?

Nuts:


Are nuts nutritious? What are they made of? Where do they come from? How many different varieties of nuts are there (aside from the human version!)?

Eggs:

Are they good for you? Where do eggs come from? Which animals lay eggs? Do trees lay eggs? Did we come from eggs? Why do eggs have a shell around them?

Which came first: the chicken or the egg?

Here are some simple images for you to start compiling your visual library. Practise drawing these, and other, images. This skill will help you become a Thumbchart expert!


When children get used to drawing, they acquire the skill of seeing what is visible, and what is ‘invisible’! This makes them wonderfully holistic brain processors!

[To be continued in the Next Post. Excerpted from the 'Thinkerbelles' edition of The Ingenius Series of bookazines by Dilip Mukerjea. All the images in this post are the intellectual property of Dilip Mukerjea.]

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